/azure-route-server

name: azure-route-server
description: Expert knowledge for Azure Route Server development including troubleshooting, best practices, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, and configuration. Use when designing hub-spoke or NVA topologies, configuring BGP peers/route maps, tuning routing prefs, or fixing BGP issues, and other Azure Route Server related development tasks. Not for Azure Virtual Network (use azure-virtual-network), Azure Virtual Network Manager (use azure-virtual-network-manager), Azure Virtual WAN (use azure-virtual-wan), Azure VPN Gateway (use azure-vpn-gateway).
compatibility: Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.
metadata:
  generated_at: "2026-08-02"
  generator: "docs2skills/1.0.0"

Azure Route Server Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Route Server. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, and configuration. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

How to Use This Skill

> **IMPORTANT for Agent**: Use the **Category Index** below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., `L35-L120`), use `read_file` with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., `[security.md](security.md)`), use `read_file` on the linked reference file

> **IMPORTANT for Agent**: If `metadata.generated_at` is more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. If `mcp_microsoftdocs` tools are not available, suggest the user install it: [Installation Guide](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/mcp/blob/main/README.md)

This skill requires **network access** to fetch documentation content:

• **Preferred**: Use `mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch` with query string `from=learn-agent-skill`. Returns Markdown.
• **Fallback**: Use `fetch_webpage` with query string `from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown`. Returns Markdown.

Category Index

| Category | Lines | Description | |----------|-------|-------------| | Troubleshooting | L34-L38 | Diagnosing and fixing common Azure Route Server connectivity problems, including BGP peering issues, route propagation, and troubleshooting steps/logs. | | Best Practices | L39-L44 | Configuring Azure Route Server routing preferences, BGP path selection, and custom routing policies to control traffic flow and route advertisement to your NVA or on-premises routers. | | Architecture & Design Patterns | L45-L58 | Designing Azure Route Server network topologies, including hub-spoke, anycast, multi-region, NVA next-hop, and using route maps for route injection, filtering, AS path prepending, and BGP communities. | | Limits & Quotas | L59-L63 | Guidance on Route Server capacity planning, scale units, connection limits, and how many peers/routes each deployment can support. | | Security | L64-L69 | Configuring least-privilege RBAC roles and secure deployment practices for Azure Route Server, including access control, hardening, and compliance-focused settings. | | Configuration | L70-L75 | Configuring Route Server BGP (peers, policies, route maps), monitoring with Azure Monitor metrics, and managing route selection/filtering via portal and PowerShell. |

Troubleshooting

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Troubleshoot common Azure Route Server connectivity issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/troubleshoot-route-server |

Best Practices

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Configure routing preference in Azure Route Server | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/hub-routing-preference | | Configure path selection and routing policies in Route Server | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/path-selection |

Architecture & Design Patterns

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Implement dual-homed hub-and-spoke with Route Server | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/about-dual-homed-network | | Implement anycast routing with Azure Route Server | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/anycast | | Integrate Route Server with ExpressRoute and VPN | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/expressroute-vpn-support | | Design multi-region networks using Azure Route Server | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/multiregion | | Design NVA next-hop IP patterns with Route Server | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/next-hop-ip | | Use Route Server for route injection in spokes | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/route-injection-in-spokes | | Control Azure Route Server routing with route maps | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/route-maps-about | | Filter and drop inbound BGP routes in Azure Route Server | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/route-maps-scenario-drop-inbound-routes | | Use route maps to prepend BGP AS paths in Azure | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/route-maps-scenario-prepend-routes | | Tag BGP routes with communities using Azure Route Server | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/route-maps-scenario-tag-bgp-communities |

Limits & Quotas

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Plan Azure Route Server capacity and scale units | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/route-server-capacity |

Security

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Configure RBAC roles for managing Azure Route Server | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/roles-permissions | | Secure configuration for Azure Route Server deployments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/secure-route-server |

Configuration

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Configure and manage Azure Route Server BGP settings | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/configure-route-server | | Monitor Azure Route Server with Azure Monitor metric